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  Awfully proud to receive this praise and recognition. And of all the work I did to earn this grade.

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  2 victories for democracy and decency over right wing authoritarianism this week. 2 more referendums in the week ahead. VOTE.

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  As Petey Pablo has demanded: North Carolina... Raise up.

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  Building a processing facility for a globally traded commodity that you don't produce in your community on the theory that it will reduce the local price of said commodity is a good way to fail an intro-to-economics term paper. But it is no basis for an energy policy. https://www.wpr.org/news/tiffany-floats-expansion-wisconsins-oil-refinery-reduce-reliance-middle-east

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  Alabama not only gerrymandered to eliminate a minority seat but they delayed their primary only for the 2 Black seats and 2 adjacent seats so that they could box out Shomari. The fact that Trump is now trying to shore up Shomari’s opponent tells you how things are going for the GOP.

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  Leviticus 20:10 would be a great verse for this Christian influencer and her lover to discuss at their next bible study class. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/us/ken-paxton-divorce-tracy-duhon.html

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  Chopra makes very good points here. I hope we don't have a crash of course, but the interconnected financing arrangements, frothy equity and private debt exposure is a real structural risk, AND... https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/29/rohit-chopra-ai-financial-risks-01139679

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  This is the way Trumpism ends This is the way Trumpism ends This is the way Trumpism ends Not with a bang but with a zoom call

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  Remember the scene in Goodfellas where Henry Hill pays "tribute" to Paulie Cicero after the Lufthansa heist? Trump is pissed off because Habba isn't doing the same after her grift. It's crooks all the way down. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/29/us/politics/trump-alina-habba-mildon-deal.html

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  Methane is 80x as potent a greenhouse gas as CO2. Dialing back these regulations is the ethics of a rapist. Give me short-term power and pleasure today in exchange for long-term pain for anyone weaker than me - in this case, future generations. https://www.npr.org/2026/10/28/g-s1-150299/trump-methane-restrictions

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  New Epstein report from the House Judiciary Committee and a reminder that Blanche and Trump are still withholding a TON of information that is almost certainly damning on them, and definitely not exculpatory. https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2026-10.hjc-dems-staff-report-epstein-and-trump.pdf

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  This is UNBELIEVABLY damning on Jared Kushner but don't lose sight about what this says about Rubio, Ratcliffe and the rest of Trump's senior diplomatic and intel team. https://www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-kushner-hacked-phone-secret-negotiations

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  I've maintained for some time that the Republican party won't heal until the rank and file denies any connection to the Trump brand and his grandchildren are embarrassed to bear his name. We ain't there yet... but this is what the start down that road looks like. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/us/politics/trump-midterms-republican-political-ads.html

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  This is so scary - we same too close to losing too many friends. We will and should have a conversation about what could have been done to avoid this, but remember this risk only exists because we have too many damned guns. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/us/hindu-temple-chicago-arrest.html

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  Trump did not direct the raid on Rep. Omar's house because there is any reasonable cause. It's because he thinks his base will turn out for xenophobia and knows they aren't turning out for his Iran war, price spikes or grift. It's gross authoritarianism - nothing more.

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  Today is the 61st birthday for Medicare and Medicaid. And our healthcare system is struggling because the GOP took healthcare away from millions of Americans so that they could throw money to billionaires and ICE. This is the result. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/business/aca-obamacare-health-insurance.html

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  This is the second poll I've seen with Gendebien up by 4 in a Trump +20 (!!) district. I had the privilege to meet Blake last month - he's the real deal. And his opponent is bonkers. But this is still margin of error. Throw some support his way!

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  Some morning musings on AI. We need to stop talking about this as technology issue. It's an ethics & law enforcement issue. Thread:

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  "Seek accuracy and distrust precision". Great piece on how climate is disrupting financial markets, why the old tools don't work and how a wise person should act given that reality. From the always great Spencer Glendon. https://probablefutures.org/perspective/equinox-greetings-accuracy-vs-precision/

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  Today in sycophantic rats on sinking ships. https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2026/09/22/byron-donalds-removes-trump-mentions-florida-governor-campaign-website/

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  Taking away people’s healthcare: bad. Taking it away before an election: politically stupid. Thinking that saying “FRAUD” will fool people: something you only do if your brain is totally Fox-addled. IOW, a perfect encapsulation of Team Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/09/22/trump-officials-plan-cut-hundreds-thousands-aca-claiming-fraud/

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  Washington DC has not required defense from a ground invasion that could be rebuffed with snipers on an arch since 1864.

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  The convicted felon who told you he has a healthcare plan and will give you $5000 and didn’t rape E Jean Carroll and won the 2020 election and COVID is a hoax and was at the towers on 9/11 wants you to know his son paid the emolument back. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/09/18/trump-says-son-has-paid-back-russian-wedding-party/

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  In response to Thomas Massie's actions to force a vote on the impeachment of Pete Hegseth... Mike Johnson has cancelled all remaining votes between today and the November election. You can't make this stuff up.

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  Mike Johnson never has had any moral center. He has no love for any part of the Bible that doesn't include stoning. And Herrera is the R trying to replace the guy who cheated on his wife with a staffer he drove to suicide. This is who the GOP is. https://x.com/atrupar/status/2099137217134235781?s=20

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  Everything you need to know about Mike Johnson's character and the GOP's views on sexual harassment can be seen in the way he handled the censure of Chuck Edwards as compared to the way Kevin McCarthy handled Adam Schiff's:

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  Once again, I must make the partisan observation that the good guys won the Civil War, WWII and the Cold War. I hope some day that isn't partisan but to say "I salute all who served regardless of cause" is to condone hate. https://nypost.com/2026/08/22/us-news/ny-lawmaker-saluted-grandfather-who-served-in-nazi-germany-in-bizarre-post/

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  Once again, when the economically-illiterate petulant man child in the White House screws up he self-calms himself with sharpies and maps. Meanwhile, everything you buy from America's 2nd largest trading partner is going to get a lot more expensive. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/25/trump-says-us-could-rename-lake-ontario-amid-canada-trade-war/

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  Very good overview of the food insecurity that is hitting our communities as a result of the GOP's Big Ugly Bill and the kindness and decency being shown by our local food pantries in spite of those challenges. https://www.beverlyreview.net/news/community_news/article_3318c40b-12bc-49e1-9cde-1b0aff81b5dc.html

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  First they gutted the Foodborne Disease Surveillance Program that led to cyclospora's explosive diarrhea. Now their trade policies are jacking up the price of toilet paper. I leave you to explain this more pithily, perhaps with some 4 letter synonyms. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/26/paper-product-toilet-paper-tariffs-us-canada